Combined ironing board and chair



Jan. 21, 1930. w. P. BENK 1,744,437

COMBINED IRONING BOARD AND CHAIR Filed Oct. 16. 1926 26 as r wyemoR,

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Patented Jan. 21, 1930 UNITED STATES WILLIAM P. BENIK, OF BLOOMFIELD, NEW JERSEY COMBINED IRONING BOARD AND CHAIR Application filed October 16, 1926. Serial No. 141,908.

This application relates to an improved form of a combined ironing board and chair. A particular feature of the invention is the provision of a support relative to the chair for the ironing board when in its oper ative position, to preclude the board from being tilted during the stage of ironing, and adaptable by simple movement to the posi tions of operation and collapse.

A preferable form of my invention embodies a chair and ironing board which. is pivotally supported by the uprights of the back of the chair and the additional support in the form of an arm hinged at one end to the under side of the board and provided at its opposite end with one or more projectionsto be received within and retained by suitable recesses in the top of the seat of the chair and a second arm pivoted at one end to the first-named arm and at its other end free to contact with the floor or other horizontal surface. The free end of the second-named arm may be provided with a rubber ferrule.

Further features and objects of the inven tion will be more fully understood from the following detail description and the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. l is a side elevation of a preferred form of my invention; this view illustrates the ironing board in its operative position;

Fig. 2 is an end elevation of Fig. 1 as viewed from the right-hand side;

Fig. 3 is an end elevation from the lefthand side of Fig. 2, and showing the ironing board and its supporting arms in nonoperative positions;

Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of one arm of the support for the board, carrying projections coacting with recesses in the seat of the chair;

Fig. 5 is a detail perspective, exploded view of one upright of the chair and a pivotal support for one side of the board; and Fig. 6 is a detailed sectional view.

Referring to the drawings, the chair 10 may be of the regulation or other approved type, having the uprights 11, 12, extending vertically upwardly at the rear of the seat 13.

The board 14 serves as the ironing board and may be of any desired shape and dimensions. The board 14 is suitably pivotally supported adjacent one end of the uprights 11, 12, by means of the angle screws 15, 16, A

adjacent the upper ends of the respective o uprights 11, 12. Each such recess 18 preferably has a countersunk formation as indi cated in Fig. 5, namely, comprising the vertically extending recess portion 18'" and the communicating horizontally extending recess portion 18 The spaced support for the board 14 is preferably had by the employment of the arm 20 pivotally connected at one end by the hinge 21 to the under face of the board 14 and at a location remote from the locations of the pivotal screws 15, 16, to thereby maintain stable equilibrium for the full length of the board during the stage of ironing, ir-

respective of the degree of pressure applied by the user when ironing. To attain such stable equilibrium the lower support for the arm 20 is fixed in location an appreciable distance from the uprights 11, 12, as by means of the projections 22, secured to and extending from the lower end of the arm 20 and into the recesses 23, 23, in the seat 13 of the chair 10. Such recesses 23, 23 may be open or closed at their lower ends.

Co-acting with such arm 20 I provide the arm 24 pivotally connected at one end by a bolt 25 to an intermediate portion of the arm 20 and adapted at its opposite end 26 chair is materially increased without increasing the size of the chair.

The parts of my invention are shown in Fig. l in operative use for ironing. When it is desired to collapse the ironing board, the end 29 of the board 14: is grasped by one hand, then raised to thereby rotate the board about its pivot 15-16 in the direction of the arrow 30. Such rotation of the board 14 effects the withdrawal of the projections 22 from the recesses 23. The user by his other hand then grasps either the arm 20, or the arm 24, preferably the latter, to cause the arm 20 to swing in the direction of the arrow 31 and to cause the arm 24 to swing in the direction of the arrow 32. until the arms 20, 24 are brou ht in fully collapsed position relative to tie under side of the board 14. The rotation of the board 14 about the arc 30 is continued, until its end 29 is swung to attain its lowermost position as shown in Fig. 3.

It will be observed that the arm 24 is cut away inwardly, as is indicated at 33 in Fig. 2, to provide for the reception of the lower portion of the arm 20 within the recess 33 when the arms 20, 24 are fully collapsed, as is indicated in Fig. 3.

Suitable locking means may be furnished for holding the arms 20, 24 in collapsible position relative to the under face of the board 14 or relative to one another. A desirable form of the latter type of such locking means comprises spring pressed pawls 34 retained within the recesses 35 located within the oppositely disposed faces of the cutaway portion 33 of the arm 24 for effecting frictional engagement into and withdrawal from the openings 36 disposed in the adjacent faces of the lower portion of the arm 20.

Whereas, I have described my invention by reference to specific forms thereof, it will be understood that many changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

I claim:

1. A combination article of furniture for purposes described, comprising a chair having a seat, back-uprights and legs, the backuprights being provided with pivot sockets and the seat also having sockets disposed a substantial distance from said back-uprights, an ironing board having members to cooperate with the back-upright sockets, a support hingedly connected to the board and aving members to co-operate with the seat sockets, and a brace pivotally connected to the support and adapted to extend angularly downward adjacent the front edge of the seat and to also contact with the floor.

2. A combination article of furniture for purposes described, comprising a chair having a seat, back-uprights and legs, the backuprights being provided with pivot sockets and the seat also having sockets disposed a substantial distance from said back-uprights, an ironing board having members to cooperate with the back-upright sockets, a support hingedly connected to the board and having members to co-operate with the seat sockets, and a brace pivotally connected to the under face of the support and adapted to extend angularly downward adjacent the front edge of the seat and to also contact with the floor, the back-uprights and the board being adapted to admit swinging movement of the board wherein a part of it passes be tween the uprights, and the board is then located in vertical idle position parallel to the back uprights and rear legs and serves as a back for the chair, said brace and said support being disposed on the rear face of iaiohboard when said board serves as the chair 3. A combination article of furniture for purposes described, comprising a chair having a seat, back-uprights and legs, the back uprights being provided with pivot sockets and the seat also having sockets disposed adjacent the front edge of the seat, an ironing board having members to co-operate with the back-upright sockets, a support hingedly connected to the board and having members to co-operate with the seat sockets, and a brace pivotally connected to the support and adapted to extend angularly downward adjacent the front edge of the seat and to also contact with the floor, said support being pivoted. to said ironing board and said brace being pivoted to said support at respective locations affording the collapse of said support and said brace by folding against the face of the ironing board to position said support and said brace within the contour of said ironing board, the back-uprights and the board being adapted to admit swinging movement of the board wherein a part of it passes between the uprights, and the board is then located in vertical idle position parallel to the back uprights and rear legs and serves as the back of the chair, the support and brace being also foldable against the rear face of the board when in the stated idle position and concealed from view from the front of the chair.

4. A combination article of furniture for purposes described, comprising a chair having a seat, back-uprights and legs, the backuprights being provided with pivot sockets and the seat also having sockets, an ironing board having members to co-operate with the back-upright sockets, a support hingedly connected to the board and having members to co-operate with the seat sockets, and a brace pivotally connected to the support and adapted to extend angularly downward adj acent the front edge of the seat and to also contact with the floor, the socket formations in the back-uprights having vertical extenspecification this 11th day of October 1926.

WILLIAM P. BENK. 

